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Perhaps Bush could have been in AL without the notice of Turnipseed - I defer to the three of you with National Guard experience - but without documentation? How does he get the points for his time then?

I find it very interesting that the 1973 points accounting record is shown and available, but not the 1972 one. By everyone's accounting it, should show some activity in early 1972, and then it should also show any inactive duty training accomplished at the AL unit, or not show any as the case may be. No service between Jan and mid May is a little unusual, but not outside the rules. If the 1973 document was available, why not the 1972 one? Or maybe it was, and those with an agenda just don't include it in their "case".

The best thing to have would be the original Form 40s, but I wouldn't think those are retained for very long.

I think that the key points:

These vaunted documents don't show any problems, BUT CAN BE LIED ABOUT to "pretend" there is a problem (such as the phoney claim about correcting the Officer eval. report and about the "missing training warning" to a gulible reporter).

But the pay records for the period between Sept 72 and Dec 72 would "prove" attendance in AL.... and those are (deliberately ?) not included. His tax records for 1972 wouldn't be useful, except to establish how many total days he was paid.

If the 1973 document was available, why not the 1972 one? Or maybe it was, and those with an agenda just don't include it in their "case".

That doesn't make sense - if the Bush campaign had that document, they could put an end to this debate immediately, right?